IE (Ireland) Core Implementation Guide
0.3.0 - draft
IE (Ireland) Core Implementation Guide
0.3.0 - draft
IE (Ireland) Core Implementation Guide - Local Development build (v0.3.0) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: https://hl7-ie.github.io/ie-core/fhir/ie/core/StructureDefinition/ie-core-ethnicity | Version: 0.3.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-09-28 | Computable Name: IECoreEthnicity | |||
A patient's ethnicity (repeat the extension for more than one ethnic background). GDPR Art. 9 special-category data. HIQA PS 1.4.10 (Required 0..*, coded). It is NOT part of the HIQA ePrescription/eDispensation dataset and is prohibited in the IE Medication Events ePrescription patient (ADR-002, ADR-009). HIQA: 'not used for patient identification'; collected with appropriate safeguards and consent.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
Patient
Usage info
Usages:
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | IE Core Ethnicity | |
  extension |
0..0 | Extension | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://hl7-ie.github.io/ie-core/fhir/ie/core/StructureDefinition/ie-core-ethnicity" | |
  value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: IECoreEthnicityVS (0.3.0) (extensible) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | IE Core Ethnicity Constraints: ext-1 | |
 id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Constraints: ext-1 | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://hl7-ie.github.io/ie-core/fhir/ie/core/StructureDefinition/ie-core-ethnicity" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: IECoreEthnicityVS (0.3.0) (extensible) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: A patient's ethnicity (repeat the extension for more than one ethnic background). GDPR Art. 9 special-category data. HIQA PS 1.4.10 (Required 0..*, coded). It is NOT part of the HIQA ePrescription/eDispensation dataset and is prohibited in the IE Medication Events ePrescription patient (ADR-002, ADR-009). HIQA: 'not used for patient identification'; collected with appropriate safeguards and consent.
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | IE Core Ethnicity | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://hl7-ie.github.io/ie-core/fhir/ie/core/StructureDefinition/ie-core-ethnicity" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: IECoreEthnicityVS (0.3.0) (extensible) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | IE Core Ethnicity Constraints: ext-1 | |
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Constraints: ext-1 | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://hl7-ie.github.io/ie-core/fhir/ie/core/StructureDefinition/ie-core-ethnicity" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: IECoreEthnicityVS (0.3.0) (extensible) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: A patient's ethnicity (repeat the extension for more than one ethnic background). GDPR Art. 9 special-category data. HIQA PS 1.4.10 (Required 0..*, coded). It is NOT part of the HIQA ePrescription/eDispensation dataset and is prohibited in the IE Medication Events ePrescription patient (ADR-002, ADR-009). HIQA: 'not used for patient identification'; collected with appropriate safeguards and consent.
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| Extension.value[x] | Base | extensible | IE Core Ethnicity | 📍0.3.0 | This IG |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
| ele-1 | error | Extension, Extension.value[x] | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children |
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
|
| ext-1 | error | Extension | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both |
extension.exists() != value.exists()
|